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Climate change-induced water stress and its impact on natural and managed ecosystems
Contributors: Jason Anderson (ed.), Kathryn Arblaster, Justin Bartley, Tamsin Cooper, Marianne Kettunen (IEEP); Timo Kaphengst, Anna Leipprand, Cornelius Laaser, Katharina Umpfenbach (Ecologic); Esko Kuusisto ...
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A New Era for Energy in Europe
A package of legislation was presented by the European Commission in January 2008 that heralds the beginning of a new era in Europe’s relationship with energy. From now on the ...
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Press Release - A New Era for Energy Policy in Europe
IEEP welcomes the European Commission's policy package on climate and energy, but we consider that this is only a first step on a long road to delivering what is needed to tackle the problems of climate ...
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Compliance with the Kyoto Protocol
Dr Marc Pallemaerts, Head of the Institute's Environmental Governance Team, was re-elected as a member of the Kyoto Protocol Compliance Committee at the December conference in Bali. Congratulations to ...
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El Anzuelo Volume 19
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: Climate change, fisheries and the marine environment
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Letter to Gordon Brown from the Aldersgate Group on the need for improved standards of carbon reporting
The Aldersgate Group, of which IEEP is a member, has published an open letter to Gordon Brown in the Financial Times on 13 November 2007 which argues that there is a need for a common protocol for carbon ...
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Open letter to Gordon Brown from the Aldersgate Group on the need for improved standards of carbon report
<p>The Aldersgate Group, of which IEEP is a member, has published an open letter to Gordon Brown in the Financial Times on 13 November 2007 which argues that there is a need for a common protocol for carbon reporting by industry consistent with international standards.</p>
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IEEP Events: EU Strategy for Bali and Beyond and EU/US Climate Policy
IEEP is holding two debates on the nature of climate policy and how it might evolve: the first comparing EU and US approaches to climate policy and the second debating the EU's Strategy for Bali and Beyond. ...
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EU and US Approaches to Key Climate and Energy Challenges
IEEP and our partner the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have produced a series of papers on EU and US approaches to cap and trade systems; biofuels; and carbon capture and storage. These papers ...
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Carbon Capture and Storage – European and US Approaches
This paper examines the role of coal in the EU and US energy supply; technical options available and current obstacles to deployment; and the policy approaches and incentives provided in Europe and the ...
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IEEP Launches New Website Comparing EU and US Approaches to Environmental Problems
We are excited to launch a new section mini-site presenting the reports and conclusions from our ongoing initiative a Transatlantic Platform for Action on the Global Environment (T-PAGE).Europe and the ...
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IEEP produces report on national climate policies for Joint Parliamentary Meeting
IEEP has drawn up a report which presents national legislation, initiatives and programmes recently launched by EU Member States and EEA countries to tackle and face climate change.The report was requested ...
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News: Climate change and the rural environment in a European context: Implications for land use and land use policy
IEEP has written a background paper for the LUPG/BfN conference on 'Future Policies for Rural Europe. 2013 and Beyond', held in Brussels, 19 - 20 September.All four conference papers can be accessed from ...
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National legislation and national initiatives and programmes (since 2005) on topics related to climate change
This briefing was undertaken to inform the Joint Parliamentary Meeting on Climate Change between EU National Parliaments and the European Parliament about legislation and initiatives of EU Member States ...
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Scoping Priorities on Climate and Energy – Outcomes of First Teleconference on Climate and Energy
This sets out the conclusions from the discussions that took place at the first teleconference on climate and energy under T-PAGE. Discussions and the opinions of the participants from the 24th April 2007 ...
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IEEP Consultation Response on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting on Biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
This document includes IEEP's formal comments on the Department for Transport Consultation issues in June 2007 on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting under the RTFO. While we consider the proposals to ...
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UK biofuels proposals sound and pragmatic, but concerns remain
IEEP has responded to the UK Government's Consultation on the sustainability and carbon reporting system under the Road Transport Fuel Obligation, outlining some key concerns.For biofuels to be a successful ...
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Preparatory work for developing the guidance on the maintenance of landscape connectivity – report on the review of measures to promote connectivity
This review examines practices in place at the Community level and in Member States that support the establishment of ecological networks and enhancement of ecological coherence and connectivity within ...
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Preparatory work for developing the guidance on the maintenance of landscape connectivity - a proposal for terms and definitions
<p>The review assesses the terms and definitions related to nature and biodiversity conservation, adaptation to climate change and habitat fragmentation. The review forms a part of a broader study (ENV.B.2/ETU/2006/0042R) aiming to provide the European Commission with scientific advice on how to guide the Member States in implementing connectivity and coherence related provisions of the Habitats and Birds directives.</p>
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New IEEP report makes link between car use, obesity and carbon dioxide emissions
A new report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy and Adrian Davis Associates published on August 13, 2007 highlights the extent to which car use is implicated in the increase in obesity ...
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